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say I have an enum declared like so

enum lookup {a=1,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j,k,l,m,n,o,p,q,r,s,t,u,v,w,x,y,z}

now I have an user enter a string (say a)

so

string mystring = a;

how do I take string a and get the value from the enum lookup

I've tried

int Iplace = (int)(lookup)mystring;

but that fails

if I change it to a char then It passes the value of the char not the char.

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Thank you, Thank you, Thank you..

I tried that before severl times but was missing the ","

between (lookup) and mystring

so it keeped telling me I had an invalud overload of system.type which ment nothing to me, except I was wrong..

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